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Q & A Tip of the Week: Controlling Sounds on Windows

By J.d. Biersdorfer June 26, 2009 6:49 amJune 26, 2009 6:49 am

Want to have more control over the sounds coming out of your Windows Vista system? Start by clicking the volume icon in the Vista taskbar, which pops up a single volume slider. Ignore the slider, but click on the link for Mixer underneath it. This brings up the Volume Mixer, which has individual volume sliders for each multimedia program running at the moment.

By moving the separate sliders, you can adjust the audio levels for your Web browser, system sounds, instant-message program, games, and other sound-producing programs. Click the speaker button under each slider to quickly mute a program — which can be handy if you want to watch a DVD or play a game and temporarily turn off all the other noise on your machine.

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